Pablo Bustinduy
{{Short description|Spanish politician (born 1983)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix = The Most Excellent
| name = Pablo Bustinduy
| image = Pablo Bustinduy 2023 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Official portrait, 2023
| office = Minister of Social Rights, Consumer Affairs and 2030 Agenda
| term_start = 21 November 2023
| term_end =
| primeminister = Pedro Sánchez
| predecessor = Ione Belarra
(Social Rights and 2030 Agenda
Alberto Garzón
(Consumer Affairs)
| office2 = Member of the Congress of Deputies
| term_start2 = 13 January 2016
| term_end2 = 21 May 2019
| constituency2 = Madrid
| signature = Firma de Pablo Bustinduy Amador.svg
| party = Independent {{small|(linked to Movimiento Sumar since 2023)}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|03|19|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Madrid, Spain
| occupation = Politician · professor
| otherparty = Podemos (2014–2019)
| parents = Ángeles Amador (mother)
Javier Bustinduy (father)
}}
Pablo Bustinduy Amador ({{IPA|es|ˈpaβlo βustinˈduj|pron}}; born 1983) is a Spanish political scientist and politician, formerly a member of Podemos, he is now linked with Sumar. He has been member of the 11th and 12th Congress of Deputies, representing Madrid.
Biography
Born in Madrid on 19 March 1983, he is son of Ángeles Amador, minister of Health during the Felipe González Government, and Javier Bustinduy, former director of RENFE and Metro de Madrid.{{Cite journal|url=https://www.elmundo.es/cronica/2015/02/22/54e852f622601d6a708b4573.html|journal=El Mundo|date=22 February 2015|title=El hijo de la casta que guía a Pablo Iglesias en Nueva York|first=Ana María|last=Ortiz}} He graduated in Political and Administration Sciences at the Complutense University of Madrid.{{Cite web|url=http://www.congreso.es/portal/page/portal/Congreso/Congreso/Diputados/BusqForm?_piref73_1333155_73_1333154_1333154.next_page=/wc/fichaDiputado?idDiputado=263&idLegislatura=11|publisher=Congress of Deputies|title=Bustinduy Amador, Pablo. Diputado por Madrid.}} He finished his PhD in Philosophy at the New School for Social Research.{{Cite journal|journal=La Nueva España|date=23 February 2015|title=El hijo de la exministra Ángeles Amador, "guía" de Iglesias en Nueva York|url=https://www.lne.es/asturias/2015/02/23/hijo-exministra-angeles-amador-guia/1717145.html}} He lived 8 years in New York, {{cite web | url=https://www.newschool.edu/nssr/philosophy-research-work/ | title=Philosophy Department Activities | the New School for Social Research }} {{cite thesis |id={{ProQuest|2556418255}} |last1=Bustinduy Amador |first1=Pablo |date=2021 |title=The Empty Space of Modern Politics: Metaphysics of Space and Political Universalism in the Advent of the Modern Age }}{{pn|date=February 2024}} where he taught Philosophy at St. Francis College, Fairfield University and the State University of New York between 2010 and 2013, he returned to Spain in order to help in the Podemos campaign for the 2014 European Parliament election.{{Cite journal|journal=CTXT|url=https://ctxt.es/es/20160601/Politica/6417/Entrevista-Pablo-Bustinduy-Podemos-UE-TTIP-Venezuela.htm|title="Si gobernamos, haremos todo lo posible para que el TTIP no salga adelante"|first=Amanda|last=Andrades|date=1 June 2016}} He became responsible for the International Relations of the party.
He ran as candidate in the Podemos list in Madrid for the 2015 general election, and was elected member of the Congress of Deputies. He was re-elected in the 2016 general election. He has served as spokesman of his parliamentary group in the Commission of Foreign Affairs of the Congress of Deputies.
In November 2018, Bustinduy won the primaries to lead his party list in the 2019 European Parliament election, pending later mergings with other parties notwithstanding.
In March 2019 Bustinduy renounced to heading the list of Unidas Podemos vis-à-vis the 2019 European Parliament election. Bustinduy and Podemos announced María Eugenia Rodríguez Palop—described as a "political and moral mainstay" by Bustinduy—would assume his place.{{Cite journal|last=Romero |first=Alexis |title=Bustinduy abandona la candidatura de Podemos a las europeas y la primera línea política |journal=Público |date=2019-03-21 |url=https://www.publico.es/politica/bustinduy-abandona-candidatura-europeas-primera-linea-politica.html}}
Political positions
A convinced europeanist, Bustinduy supports both the European Union and the euro. He is opposed to the TTIP. He sided with Íñigo Errejón in the context of the candidacy of the latter during the 2017 Podemos primaries in the 2nd Congress of the party.{{Cite journal|journal=InfoLibre|url=https://www.infolibre.es/noticias/politica/2018/11/27/pablo_bustinduy_sera_cabeza_lista_podemos_para_las_elecciones_europeas_2019_89257_1012.html|date=27 November 2018|title=Pablo Bustinduy será el cabeza de lista de Podemos para las elecciones europeas de 2019}}
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Category:Members of the 11th Congress of Deputies (Spain)
Category:Members of the 12th Congress of Deputies (Spain)